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Minn. House leader Hortman says talks with House GOP are narrowing issues, hopes for deal this week
Summary
Leader Hortman told reporters that negotiations between House DFL and House GOP leaders have narrowed to a small set of issues and that she hopes for an agreement this week; a briefing attendee also called a federal funding pause "reckless and harmful," saying it underscores the need for lawmakers to return to the Capitol.
Leader Hortman said Wednesday that negotiations between the House GOP and the House DFL are making progress and that she hopes the two sides will reach a governing agreement this week.
"I do think that we're making progress. I tend to be a glass half full kind of person," Hortman said at a leadership press briefing, adding that negotiators had met earlier in the day and narrowed the outstanding issues. "Failure is not an option. So we'll keep meeting until we have an agreement, and we can get going. And my hope, it remains that that would happen this week."
The leader framed progress as the result of a pattern of…
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